* Dratini's sprite in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green featured it with a striped stomach which was removed for {{game|Yellow}} and all following games.

* Dratini's sprite in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green featured it with a striped stomach which was removed for {{game|Yellow}} and all following games.

* Dratini is the [[List of Pokémon by weight|lightest]] {{type|Dragon}} Pokémon.

* Dratini is the [[List of Pokémon by weight|lightest]] {{type|Dragon}} Pokémon.

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* Despite its length being recorded as 5'11" (1.8m) in the Pokédex, its [[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium]] and[[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed]] entries state that even young Dratini exceed 6'6" (2m).

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* Despite its length being recorded as 5'11" (1.8m) in the Pokédex, its [[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium]] entrystates that even young Dratini exceed 6'6" (2m).

Biology

Physiology

Dratini are serpentine Pokémon that inhabit lakes and rivers. They possess white fins on the sides of their heads as well as a large, round silver nose on their face. They also have purple-colored eyes and a small, white circular feature on their head. Dratini are constantly growing, and can become quite long. As they grow, they shed their delicate deep blue skin. Dratini also seem to have a much stockier body than their evolved form.

Trivia

In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Dratini was originally known as "Dragoon". Although this word can mean a European military unit that is transported on horseback but fights on foot, the name was probably selected as a combination of dragon and lagoon.

Dratini and its evolutions share the same species name with Horsea and its evolutions, and Salamence. They are all known as Dragon Pokémon.

Dratini's sprite in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green featured it with a striped stomach which was removed for Pokémon Yellow and all following games.

Name origin

Dratini is a combination of dragon and a corruption of tiny; tini-tiny is a phrase to indicate smallness. Ini is also an Italian suffix, applied to a word to imply endearment or smallness. Despite this, it is fairly large for a Pokémon, being nearly six feet (1.8 meters) in length.